Optional ♂ or ♀

[Remember]

It's not a priority thing, but I think it'd be nice to have an optional ♂ or ♀ next to players names, It'll stop the "It's a trap!" moments and won't confuse other players into thinking Manthra's are Mithra's etc.

Thoughts?

[Dragon]

Unfortunately it'd just cause honest folks a lot of harassing issues and eventually anyone not using it would get harassed. After all, we all know "there is no such thing as women on the internet" anyways.

[Mirage]

And what if you put the female sign up when you are in reality a male?

Do you want SE to check each player individually? Do you want them to decide your gender based on the name on the credit card you pay with? If so, what if a 17 year old girl pays with her dad's CC?

Or what if someone has an unisex name (like Robin or Casey), how will SE know what your gender is, will they call you and decide based on your voice?

[Dragon]

And what if you put the female sign up when you are in reality a male?

Then we'd start to require voice chat, then demand official ID verifications when people use voice mod programs. And then when that don't work, we'd just require everyone to enter the game with an avatar based on their real-world looks... lol

[Mirage]

Yes, this seems entirely realistic. It probably won't cost more than a few cents per user!

On a serious note:
No, OP, this idea is ridiculous. Either assume all players to be male until proven female, or treat people as their in-game gender. It's your choice.

Personally, I treat female characters as females unless they ask me not to. That doesn't mean I give them free gear, however.

[Mudd]

It's usually smart to just treat everyone equally, regardless of gender. That's what I do.
If you find it within your interests to get to know someone or faun over them, just verify their gender then.
For everyone else, it couldn't matter less whether that Miqo is a guy or a girl.

[Myrhn]

Isn't that why there are races with both gender? (at least in 2.0)

[Dragon]

Isn't that why there are races with both gender? (at least in 2.0)

Not for everyone it isn't.

You couldn't talk me out of playing a female character without some huge sums of money.

[Remember]

And what if you put the female sign up when you are in reality a male?

Do you want SE to check each player individually? Do you want them to decide your gender based on the name on the credit card you pay with? If so, what if a 17 year old girl pays with her dad's CC?

Or what if someone has an unisex name (like Robin or Casey), how will SE know what your gender is, will they call you and decide based on your voice?

Err... whoa! I wasn't asking to oppress people, yikes...
I was thinking about the option for those that care, but I guess someone could lie about their gender, that's their choice, I suppose you can only trust in peoples honesty for whatever it's worth.

I'm sorry If I offended you. o.O

[indira]

if you were in china a man can only make a male character & women can only make a female character, if you lied the government will punish you. and yeah there registered on the internet like a social security number when they log on.

be happy we have the freedom to do whatever we want.